FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK
Kia ora Koutou,
Where do I start this week SOO many good things happening in our school!! Thank you everyone for being a part of our community, contributing and making it a great place to be!
COMMUNITY
Quiz Night – Is this Saturday 10th August. The countdown is on…..5 more sleeps to our Annual Quiz Night – you can still buy tickets, see the QR code on the poster. The band (Velvet Tones) is booked, Yeastie Boys will be there selling craft beer and cider and hot pies will be for sale too. We have an amazing special guest MC lined up and some fantastic live auctions!!
We are still struggling with silent auction prizes, these can be anything from a $20 voucher (or more), book, small appliance or experience. If you can help here and would love to donate a prize please email our fundraising team on [email protected].
Thank you to the Wainui families, these nights can’t go ahead without your amazing support! (Melissa and Cairin)
PTA (Parent Teacher Association) is back!! – Huge thank you to everyone who came to the relaunched PTA morning tea last Friday. We were blown away at the number of you and the enthusiasm. Thank you all so much, we are thrilled and excited as this means we can go ahead with our events our community love so much!! If you missed the date please email us or let us know you would like to be a part of this, we need you all!!
WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING
Education Review Office (ERO) – Last week Claire Curtace spent two days with us, looking at all our compliance, our programmes, meeting and working with our Board Presiding Member, our teachers and students and left us with the verbal feedback (a full written report will come). It was a very positive successful visit we will share the results with you after the full Board have had the report and feedback tonight. Thank you to Miss Ludwig, Sandy Blackburn, Leanne Stevenson for all your hard work in gathering our data, reports and information!! Top work!
THIS WEEK
International Students – Huge welcome to our 23 Chinese International students, we have two groups from 3 parts of China as well as two independent students. These students are here for two weeks, we welcomed everyone including all our new families at a Powhiri we could all be proud of!!! The students are all placed in various classrooms, their goal is to practice and learn more English, our goal to work and learn from students from another culture!!!
A big thank you to the Sweetman-Jones family for hosting one of the students.
COMING UP
Learning Conversations – Yes the week and time has changed to ensure everyone has more time to book a conversation.
Tuesday 27th August 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Wednesday 28th August 3:00pm – 7:15pm
To book a time: https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/code/g2kd8.
Step 1: Enter your email address, parents’ full name, number of students you are booking for and the students name/s. Click the ‘go’ button.
Step 2: For each student, select your child’s classroom under the first drop down box, select their teacher under the second drop down box. Click the ‘go’ button.
Step 3: Choose the time/s you would like for your learning conversation/s by clicking the time slot that is available. Missing check boxes mean the time has already been booked. Click ‘go’ button.
Step 4: You have the option to print out a copy of the times you have booked, a confirmation email will also be emailed to you. You can view, or change or cancel your booking, by using the link in the email confirmation.
FINALLY
SKIDS has reopened – We are thrilled but want it to stay. Please let us know if you will be using this service in the future as we are hopeful we can keep our own after school care. See flyer below for more information.
Thank you – To the Evans and Vermeer families for donating plants, citrus trees, potatoes, flowers, herbs, vege seedlings and compost for our garden – our upgraded garden is moving along!! This will complement our garden so well. If any other family would like to do so it all helps!!
Ka kite ano,
Gillian Bray
FOR YOUR CALENDAR
- Tuesday 6th August – Board Meeting.
- Wednesday 7th August – Ag Day Chick Pick Up. From 2:30pm. Staffroom.
- Saturday 10th August – Quiz Night.
- Monday 12th August – Start of Book Fair Week.
- Monday 12th August – Start of Maths Week.
- Friday 16th August – Book Fair Dress Up Parade. 9:15am.
- Friday 16th August – Kiwi Assembly. 2pm.
- Friday 23rd August – Cross Country.
- Tuesday 27th August – Learning Conversations. 3 – 5:30pm. – NOTE NEW DATE.
- Wednesday 28th August – Learning Conversations. 3 – 7:15pm. – NOTE NEW DATE.
OTHER
Book Fair – 12th – 15th August in the Library –Wainui School is proud to once again host our annual Scholastic Book Fair. The Scholastic Book fair is a ‘pop-up’ bookshop event, full of excitement and fun. Every purchase helps to raise funds for our school library and resources for the school.
The library will be open for sales from Monday 12th August – Thursday 15th August
- 8:30am – 9.00am for the morning sessions (Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs)
- 2:45pm – 3.30pm for the afternoon sessions (Mon, Tues, Wed)
There will be a Dress up Parade at 9.15am on Friday 16th August – Dress up as your favourite book character. Click here for further information Book Fair 2024 Information
There will be a sausage sizzle and juicies for sale $2 each. There will also be a coffee stand onsite. If you have any queries, please contact one of the Wainui Sports Coordinators: [email protected], [email protected]
Ag Day – Friday 25 October 2024 – Update # 5 – A big thank you to everyone for the respect of the animals in the daycare pen at school. It is so lovely to be able to have our Ag Day pets here at school but it is a privilege to be able to do so. Please remember to clean your feeding bottles in the kitchen after feeding and to clean up the kitchen behind you.
Only the owner/handler of the Ag Day pet is allowed in the pen to collect their animals for feeding. Keep up the good work team!
If you are wanting a lamb or a goat but cannot source one, please contact me asap as I have several contacts and may be able to help you. Just email me at [email protected]
Also if you have any questions or are unsure on the rules or how it all works just come in and see me at school (I am in the Puriri classroom) or email me. Here is the link to the updated Wainui School Ag day rules. In here it explains what to expect in the animal ring, what the handler and animals need to do and what they will be judged for.
Can you please fill in the animal registration form in asap, so I can gauge the numbers of animals coming to Ag day. Here is the link to the Animal Registration form. This will remain open until the end of term 3.
Ag Day Chicks Pick-Up – The one-day old chicks will be here for collection TOMORROW Wednesday 7th August from 2.30pm in the staffroom. Remember to bring a suitable box to take them home in eg: a shoe box with bedding. They will need to be kept warm on your trip home. Click the link for information on how to care for your chick Caring for Ag day chickens
You still have until the 15th of September to source your animal! We look forward to seeing your animals when they are presented at Ag Day on 25th October!!
SPORTS RESULTS
– email your sports results to Miss Ludwig in the office, exo@wainui.school.nz
Netball
Wainui Asteroids Yr 6 vs Bayfield Sparks. Lost: 5 – 12. POD: Olivia Maddox. Sportsmanship: Camryn Colquhoun.
Basketball
Wainui Wizards vs KWS Pulse. Won: 24 – 12. POD: Aleeyah Ngawaka.
COMMUNITY
sKIDS – Click here for the sKIDS after school care Term 3 planner for Wainui School. Term 3 2024 Term Planner Wainui
